After nearly 20 years of helping people get into the graduate schools of their dreams, I have a clear sense of what works and doesn’t. Since most graduate programs open their admissions portals in the fall, if you’re reading this now (end of April),...

In nearly 20 years of helping people get into their dream schools, I’ve made a point of working with clients to create essays that are both engaging and substantive. This balance is the key to a great essay for graduate or professional school. But, somewhere...

After nearly 20 years of reading, assessing, revising, and consulting on personal statements, I have seen every variety of mistake an applicant can make. More importantly for you, though, is that I am pretty good at identifying the upstream source of the problem and providing...

As a non-minority student, it can feel a bit confusing when it comes time to write a diversity essay. More than that, it can feel like a fraught exercise -almost like a trap- and you don’t want to come across as insensitive or unaware. Thus,...

At Gurufi, we help hundreds of applicants every year get into top Masters and PhD programs. Whether you’re applying to a STEM, humanities, or social science program, we have editor-consultants with the experience and skill to transform your personal statement or statement of purpose into...